page_title: Theodore Davis Boal
section_title: Military career
hierarchical_section_title: Theodore Davis Boal / Military career
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. I. Weltkrieg 1914-1918 Argonnen, Cimetieres Werk; Oktober 1915 Information added by Wikimedia users.Français&#160;: Octobre 1915. La Première guerre mondiale a commencé il y a un peu plus d'un an et la forêt d'Argonne a déjà presque disparu. Les obus et leurs shrapnels n'ont laissé que quelques troncs étêtés. Les soldats (ici allemands) ont aménagé comme ils le pouvaient quelques abris et tranchées qu'il faudra sans cesse reconstruire. Ces paysages bouleversés donneront lieu à ce que le biogéographe (Biogéographie historique) Jean-paul Amat appellera des «Polémosylvofacies»
context_page_description: Theodore Davis Boal, also known as Terry Boal, was an American army officer and architect. He entered into several partnerships over his career, the Boal and Harnois architectural firm in Denver, Colorado and a partnership with Ward Brown in Washington D.C. He designed a number of important mansions that are listed with the National Register of Historic Places. One of his important works, also an NRHP property, is the ancestral family estate, Boal Mansion.
  During World War I, Boal and his son volunteered in France before the United States engaged in the war. In 1916, Boal returned to the United States and established the "Boal Troop", a horse-mounted machine gun unit. He was made a Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for valor and the Croix de Guerre in recognition of his service in France.
context_section_description: In 1914, both he and his son volunteered for service in France. His son joined the cavalry and Boal organized military canteens and donated to French hospitals. Two years later, Boal returned to the United States and formed the "Boal Troop", a horse-mounted machine gun unit which was accepted as a provisional unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. In April 1917, the Boal Troop was reconfigured as an infantry unit, Company A of the 107th Machine Gun Battalion, and deployed to France for service in World War I.  Boal served as an aide-de-camp to General Charles M. Clement and later for Major General Charles H. Muir in Pennsylvania's 28th Infantry Division. He was made a Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for valor and the French Croix de Guerre with gilt star in recognition of his service in the Argonne Forest and between the Marne and Vesle Rivers. A shrine dedicated to the 28th Infantry Division is located on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. The site was formerly Boal's estate.
caption: Forest of Argonne in 1915.
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